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<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>DFG regulations now in effect on <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place></span></font></b> <br>
Don Terbush For the Times-Standard <br>
Eureka Times Standard <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Klamath River</span></font></st1:place> anglers
caught their quota of adult fall-run Chinook salmon on the river's lower 40
miles by sundown Saturday (Sept. 10). That closed the lower river to the take
of adult fish as of Sunday (Sept. 11), according to the Department of Fish and
Game (DFG). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Klamath
anglers downstream of the Highway 96 bridge of Weitchpec (confluence with the
Trinity River) are able to continue fishing for "jack" salmon, 22
inches or shorter, until the lower river reopens to the take of adult salmon
more than 22 inches on December 1. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fish and
Game biologists checking fish landings earlier this month said their
projections were that reached the 631-fish "impact quota" or adult
Chinook salmon by the end of September 10. The amount represents half the
number of adult fish allotted to recreational anglers for the entire
Klamath-Trinity river basin. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
remaining 631 adult salmon are available to recreational anglers on the Klamath
River above the Highway 96 bridge, and on the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anglers
are reminded that Chinook salmon which are 22 inches total length or larger may
not be retained on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from September 1 through November 30
from the Highway 96 bridge at Weitchpec to Iron Gate Dam, and in the Trinity
River from Hawkins Bar Bridge (road to Denny) downstream to the mouth of the
Trinity. In addition, anglers may not retain any salmon more than 22 inches
total length on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from September 15 through November 30,
in the Trinity River from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Old</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
to the Highway 299 West Bridge at Cedar Flat. The Hoopa Valley Tribal Fisheries
Department (HVF) will assist the DFG with angler creel surveys to estimate
Chinook salmon harvest in the upper Klamath River and lower <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> as it has for the past six years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meanwhile,
guide Rich Mossholder reports fishing has slowed down on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> the past couple of days. "There were a few nice fish
today (Tuesday)," he said. "There were some nice adults turned loose.
There may be a new run on the way." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rich
added that flies and Glo Bugs have been working on the steelhead. Puffballs,
spinners and Quikfish are attractive to the jacks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Back
trolling plugs has been producing numbers of steelhead on the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place>. Salmon are averaging 6 to 12 pounds and are a little dark
fish in the lower river are fresh, however. A good push of salmon is
anticipated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sport
salmon action has been relatively slow at Shelter Cove, according to Ken
Vallotton. "There are small pockets one to three miles off the point. Even
the commercials have been getting just a handful or so a day. He pointed that
just a week or so before, Pacific halibut in the 60s and 70-pound class were
being brought in. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The last
day of the sport salmon fishing season in the Klamath Management Zone brought a
windfall off <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eureka</st1:place></st1:City>,
according to charter boat owner Larry Williams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"It
was the best day of the season. It was beyond belief," he commented.
"We had limits of 12 fish up to 20 pounds every time out. It was a wide
open bite. We fished in 70 feet straight off the stacks." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fall
salmon fishing continues to build from Anderson Balls Ferry (Barge Hole area)
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, reports guide Hank Mautz. A fish
per rod is very common with more boats of king salmon being reported daily.
Fall-run kings are averaging 15 to 25 pounds with an occasional 30-plus pounder
being caught on K-16-K-15 Kwikfish lures with a sardine wrap. Back bouncing roe
and side drifting roe with a Quickie or the Kwikfish are the three top methods.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
number of fish counted passing the Red Bluff Diversion Dam from May 20 to the
present 13,650. Last year for the same period the count was 9,544. Last year
most of the salmon were in the 5 to 8 pound range. These are adult fish with
very few jacks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tip of
the Week: Lure turning: Be sure to tune your lures before and after wrapping
with a sardine. If the lure swims to the right, slightly turn the eyes to the
left and vice versa. A true turned swimming Kwikfish can produce an awesome
salmon bite. And remember fresh sardine wraps produce a lot more bites. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>While
trout fishing is excellent on the <st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento River</st1:place>,
most anglers are now pursuing the salmon. Everybody wants to catch the
"big" one. <br>
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